[gentoo-user] VNC server / windows viewer

[gentoo-user] VNC server / windows viewer

[Timothy A. Holmes]

Good morning all:

For a couple days now I have been looking for a good simple setup that
will allow me to run vnc on one of my gentoo workstations at home and
connect to it from my windows box in another area of the house.  I am
not going across the internet, or anything wild like that, just trying
to keep an eye on my box (the active desktop in fluxbox) when im
elsewhere in the house.  So far all the VNC HOW-Tos etc that I have read
involve what appears to me to be very overly complex tunneling over ssh
etc (a good thing if I was going over the internet, but for what im
doing, totally un-necessary)

When I lived in the Fedora world, I could just install vncserver and
start it up and it connected me to my active desktop and away I went.
If anyone can suggest a method or solution, I would be MOST
appreciative.

TIM


Timothy A. Holmes
IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher
 
Medina Christian Academy
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Re: [gentoo-user] VNC server / windows viewer

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

On Thursday 12 October 2006 14:47, Timothy A. Holmes wrote:

> elsewhere in the house.  So far all the VNC HOW-Tos etc that I have
> read involve what appears to me to be very overly complex tunneling
> over ssh etc (a good thing if I was going over the internet, but for
> what im doing, totally un-necessary)

You don't need to tunnel, just let your client connect to the server port 
(usually the dafault ports start at tcp port 5900).

> When I lived in the Fedora world, I could just install vncserver and
> start it up and it connected me to my active desktop and away I went.
> If anyone can suggest a method or solution, I would be MOST
> appreciative.

Sorry, I can't be of much help here, since I almost exclusively use kde's 
krfb/krdc combination. Anyway, I remember having problems in the past 
when connecting to the krfb desktop using a windows client like realvnc 
or ultravnc: the connection was immediatly shut down, expecially if the 
remote desktop had a resolution > 1024x768. 
I'd try using one of the available vnc servers in portage (like for 
example x11vnc or tightvnc) and see how it goes.

HTH
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Re: [gentoo-user] VNC server / windows viewer

[Roy Wright]

Etaoin Shrdlu wrote:
> I'd try using one of the available vnc servers in portage (like for 
> example x11vnc or tightvnc) and see how it goes.
>   
Linux Format (Oct 2006) magazine recommends x11vnc for the server.

HTH,
Roy

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Re: [gentoo-user] VNC server / windows viewer

[Mark Shields]

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On 10/12/06, Timothy A. Holmes <tholmes@mcaschool.net> wrote:
>
> Good morning all:
>
> For a couple days now I have been looking for a good simple setup that
> will allow me to run vnc on one of my gentoo workstations at home and
> connect to it from my windows box in another area of the house.  I am
> not going across the internet, or anything wild like that, just trying
> to keep an eye on my box (the active desktop in fluxbox) when im
> elsewhere in the house.  So far all the VNC HOW-Tos etc that I have read
> involve what appears to me to be very overly complex tunneling over ssh
> etc (a good thing if I was going over the internet, but for what im
> doing, totally un-necessary)
>
> When I lived in the Fedora world, I could just install vncserver and
> start it up and it connected me to my active desktop and away I went.
> If anyone can suggest a method or solution, I would be MOST
> appreciative.
>
> TIM
>
>
> Timothy A. Holmes
> IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher
>
> Medina Christian Academy
> A Higher Standard...
>
> Jeremiah 33:3
> Jeremiah 29:11
> Esther 4:14
>
>
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>
>
What you're looking for is a little more complicated.  If all you wanted was
a remote desktop you could connect to, then that's easily done.  Emerge
tightvnc then type vncserver :1.  It'll prompt you for a password, then you
use a vncviewer to connect to that host (format: host:display, so if your
server was 192.168.0.200, it would be 192.168.0.200:1).

But what it sounds like you want to do is connect to an existing X session,
am I right?  If so, follow this:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_VNC_to_connect_to_existing_X_Sessions

On a related note, I'm looking for something similar, but I want a user to
be presented with an xdm (or gdm) login.  Just one remote connection, one
resolution.


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Re: [gentoo-user] VNC server / windows viewer

[Paul Varner]

On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 14:14 -0400, Mark Shields wrote:
> On a related note, I'm looking for something similar, but I want a
> user to be presented with an xdm (or gdm) login.  Just one remote
> connection, one resolution. 

Short answer.

1. Emerge xinetd, if not already installed
2. add a vnc file to /etc/xinetd.d - mine looks like:

service vnc
{
        type            = UNLISTED
        port            = 5900
        socket_type     = stream
        protocol        = tcp
        wait            = no
        user            = nobody
        server          = /usr/bin/Xvnc
        server_args     = :42 -inetd -once -query localhost -geometry 1400x1050 -depth 24 -fp /usr/share/fonts/misc/,/usr/share/fonts/Type1/ -co /usr/share/X11/rgb
        disable         = no
}

3. Enable xdmcp in your gdm/xdm configuration file
4. start/restart xdm/gdm and xinetd

Note: There are security implications with having both xdmcp and xinetd
turned on. Please make sure that you understand those risks.

Regards,
Paul
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